OPRO, producers of the world's most technologically advanced mouthguard and double winners of the Queen's Award for Innovation, has announced the launch of their new UK production line for their OPROtec range of PPE face protection products in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Recognising the health imperative that has been placed on people covering their faces in public, together with the unreliability and delay in sourcing PPE from overseas, the OPRO team has developed new UK production lines for fully certified type II and type IIR face masks and visors, which are now available for businesses, retailers and healthcare institutions to purchase.

Made in OPRO's Hertfordshire-based headquarters, the original OPROtec product range - which includes compression sleeves, supports, braces and kinesiology tape - has been widened in just a number of weeks to include high quality face masks and visors, thus demonstrating OPRO's nimble and proactive approach to business.

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The OPROtec face masks and visors underpin one of the new brand's key values, which is to protect individuals, whether that is from injury or illness. With 500,000 face masks already produced, and the ability to produce hundreds of thousands of face masks and thousands of PPE visors each week moving forward, OPROtec will ensure heroic frontline medical staff and key workers, together with the wider public, have access to high quality, fully certified, UK made PPE face protection.

OPROtec are prioritising distribution to healthcare institutions, businesses and selected retail partners who have face to face contact with the general public, to ensure their PPE face products are made immediately available to those who need them most.

To learn more about OPROtec's face masks and PPE visors, visit their website at www.opro-tec.com. For enquiries on accessing the range email sales@opro-tec.com.